Ron Paul: Obama Not a Socialist

Unfortunately, I have to agree with Ron Paul here.

Republicans and tea party activists are fond of accusing President Barack Obama of being a socialist, but today party gadfly Ron Paul said they had it wrong.

“In the technical sense, in the economic definition, he is not a socialist,” the Texas Republican said to a smattering of applause at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.

“He’s a corporatist,” Paul quickly added, meaning the president takes “care of corporations and corporations take over and run the country.”

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Current Delegate Count After Super Tuesday

[Update 2/20/08 1:52 PM: For Up-to-the-minute delegate counts, click here]

***Please note: These are current as of Feb 6 at 11:40 AM. Many States (including Utah) have not released results in congressional districts. Therefore, many of the delegates up for grabs yesterday have not been allocated. I'll post an update when delegates are distributed.

Democrats (2025 Needed to nominate)

Hillary Clinton 401 (19.6%)
Barack Obama 378 (18.7%)
John Edwards 26 (1.3%)

Republicans (1191 needed to nominate)

John McCain 464 (39.0%)
Mitt Romney 167 (14.0%)
Mike Huckabee 148 (12.4%)
Ron Paul 11 (0.9%)
Fred Thompson 11 (0.9%)
Duncan Hunter 1 (0.0%)

Republican Results as of 7:12 PM

Alabama (15% in)
McCain 42%
Huckabee 33%
Romney 20%

Arkansas (3% in)
Huckabee 59%
McCain 23%

Connecticut (28% in)
McCain 53%
Romney 32%

Delaware (81% in)
McCain 45%
Romney 33%
Huckabee 16%

Georgia (42% in)
Huckabee 35%
McCain 32%
Romney 29%

Illinois (6% in)
McCain 51%
Romney 29%

Massachusetts (21%)
Romney 52%
McCain 41%

Missouri (5% in)
Huckabee 37%
McCain 30%
Romney 24%

Montana (14% in)
McCain 39%
Romney 27%
Huckabee 19%
Paul 15%

New Jersey (24% in)
McCain 56%
Romney 28%

Oklahoma (26% in)
McCain 37%
Huckabee 34%
Romney 23%

Tennessee (13% in)
McCain 34%
Huckabee 30%
Romney 21%

West Virginia (100%)
Huckabee 52%
Romney 47%

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Current Delegate Count After Florida

[Update 2/20/08 1:52 PM: For Up-to-the-minute delegate counts, click here]

Democrats:

2,025 needed to win

Barack Obama 63 (3.11%)
Hillary Rodham Clinton 48 (2.37%)
John Edwards 26 (1.28%)

Republicans:

1191 needed to win

John McCain 98 (8.22%)
Mitt Romney 59 (4.95%)
Mike Huckabee 26 (2.18%)
Fred Thompson 11 (0.92%)
Ron Paul 8 (0.67%)
Duncan Hunter 1 (0.00%)

Current Delegate Count (Republicans) after Nevada, South Carolina

[Update 2/20/08 1:52 PM: For Up-to-the-minute delegate counts, click here]

1191 needed to win.

Romney, Mitt 59 (4.95%)
McCain, John S. 41 (3.44%)
Huckabee, Mike 26 (2.18%)
Thompson, Fred Dalton 11 (0.92%)
Paul, Ron 8 (0.67%)
Hunter, Duncan 1 (0.00%)

Your Current Delegate Counts After New Hampshire

[Update 2/20/08 1:52 PM: For Up-to-the-minute delegate counts, click here]

Much like the Election Night tally of the Electoral Vote, what actually matters in the primaries is the delegate count.

Current delegate count after New Hampshire:

Democrats (2025 needed to win):
Barack Obama 25
Hillary Clinton 24
John Edwards 18

Republicans(1191 needed):
Mitt Romney 21
Mike Huckabee 14
John McCain 12
Fred Thompson 8
Ron Paul 4
Rudy Giulliani 1
Duncan Hunter 1

I wonder what Mitt and Obama said to each other....

I wish the conversations would have been miked....

Romney 3rd in BYU straw poll

The Flip Romney campaign seems to enjoy trumpeting their "wins" in straw polls, most of which the campaign purchases.

So, I'll reprint a loss in a straw poll at a place that you'd think Mitt would triumph: BYU.

The BYU Democrats held a plastic recycling drive in the Wilk the past week. Each bottle you brought earned you a vote.

The results:

Barack Obama: 61, Joe Biden: 49, Mitt Romney: 40, Hillary Clinton: 37, Undecided/Apathetic: 32, Stephen Colbert/Jon Stewart: 6, Rudy Guiliani: 2, Ron Paul: 2, John Edwards: 1, Mike Huckabee: 1

This balloting was open to everyone who wanted to be wise stewards of the Earth.

Conservatives boo 70% of Americans

Making Up Stories to Wear On Your Lapel

So, there was a big dustup last week about the fact that Barack Obama doesn't wear an American Flag Lapel pin.

Problem is, nobody else does, either.

The Caucus pulled photos from the last Democratic and Republican debates where most of the candidates appeared (before today, of course.)

It turns out that in the last Democratic debate, only 3 candidates eve bothered to wear lapel pins. Kucinich wore his official Congressional pin, Edwards wore a pin from his late son that he always wore, and Richardson wore an unknown pin.

In the Republican Debate, only two Republicans wore lapel pins. Rudy was sporting the American Flag, and Ron Paul sporting the Congressional pin.

Just annother attempt by the media to slam Obama.

-Bob

P.S. Given the number of American Flag and other pins that come from China, maybe we should have them tested for lead paint. I'm just sayin....

Utah Loves Obama (and Romney, too, but I bet you knew that)

(Hat Tip: Saintless)

In obvious news this weekend, a Deseret News poll found that Utah loves Mitt Romney.

The Breakdown:

Romney: 65%
Giuliani: 8%
McCain: 6%
Grandpa Fred: 3%
Ron Paul: 1%

If Mitt wasn't dominating everyone here, he would just as well hang 'em up.

A little more surprising was the numbers from the Democrats:

Obama 42%
Edwards 18%
Hillary 16%

-Bob

Ron Paul vs. Barack Obama

Frank Staheli commented in my previous post that he is supporting Ron Paul, and that a Paul vs Obama matchup would be ideal.

And I couldn't agree more.

Ron Paul says many things that I wish more Republicans said. In fact, if there were more Republicans like Ron Paul, I might still be a Republican myself.

Ron Paul isn't afraid to speak his mind and tell it like it is.

If I were to cast a vote in the Rpeublican Primary Feb 5, I'd vote for Ron Paul.

-Bob

Ron Paul speaks truth

I don't agree with him all of the time, but Ron Paul is quickly moving up the ranks of my favorite Presidential Candidates.

(Video edited and posted to YouTube by the Paul campaign.)

Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: Iraq War Not Conservative

At the Republican Presidential Debate last night, Ron Paul (R-TX) stated that the Iraq War, along with other elements of the Bush Administration, were not conservative.

Watch the clip at Crooks and Liars...

-Bob